G'day "--keven." & all;

"--keven." > wrote in message
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....
> gave them a
> good spray with the squirt gun. I then grabbed the thin cotton
> towel, ...
> wet it
> under the sink, wrung it out a bit, and then laid it on the
> loaves.
> They sat in the cold oven as described in your recipe for about
> four
> hours while they proofed. All that time with the wet towel on
> them.
>
> I admit to removing the loaves and per-heating the oven to 450,
> and
Tsk, tsk, tsk! Such recipe muckery is frowned upon by the good
bread faeries...(:-o)!

> then I removed the towel, gave them three slices each and slid
> them
> onto my baking stone. Baked for 40 minutes.
Sounds like it should work just fine that way.

But the next time, just for drill, take that first loaf and just do
it from cold. Put your stone on a rack above it (assuming your
stove heats from the bottom). When it's done, remove that loaf, put
your stone back where it belongs, and bake that second one on the
stone as per usual. Compare. Let us know what you find...


Regards my friends,
Dusty
>